[name]Hi[/name] all,
We are trying for baby number 2 and i just bought a cheap box of 20 pregnancy tests from the pound shop- does anyone know if they actually work? They say they are 99% accurate on the box! It took us a year to conceive our daughter, and since my periods are quite irregular, i could easily spend a fortune on the regular ones. I know that sounds really cheap but i just hate spending money on something that i’m going to pee on and throw away , haha!
[name]TIA[/name]!
I don’t have any experience with your brand, but pretty much all pregnancy tests work the same regardless of price. And if you are needing cheap ovulation tests, the Wondfo ones from Amazon can’t be beat! Good luck!
Thanks [name]Whit[/name], i’ll definitely check those ovulation tests out!
I got positives on dollar store tests even when the blood test was negative! (Retook the blood test a week later and finally got a positive.) So yes, cheapies worked for me.
I use the cheap wondfo ovulation and pregnancy tests off amazon too…I actually prefer them to the fancier ones, as long as you don’t mind using something that looks like a test strip for the pool, they work.
Yep, the 88 cent tests work as well as the $15 ones. I’ve actually heard many times that they work better.
Thanks guys, its reassuring to hear that. I feel silly for buying the expensive ones now!
They have always worked for me. The biggest complaints seem to be reading evaporation lines which could indicate a false positive. [name]Read[/name] the box and follow the instructions carefully, especially the time window in which to read the test. If you read the test after 10 min (I can’t remember the exact time) you could see a positive when you really aren’t pregnant. Some of the more expensive tests are also a lot simpler to read (they say pregnant or not pregnant) instead of lines.
All of the tests work the same way - it’s all about the chemicals on the paper reacting to the hormones in your body. No matter if the test strip is expensive or not, they all do the same thing.
It’s a lot more exciting and romantic to find a “pregnant” written in digital on a big, solid, plastic holder, but a simple line on a little test strip will tell you the same result.
On either an expensive one or cheap one make sure not to read the test after it recommended time frame. It will most always show up as a false positive after the allotted time.
I’ve used the “99% accurate” dollar store tests for all 3 (positive) pregnancies, and they’ve always (obviously) been right! I usually do 2 or 3 at a time, though, just to be sure. The are only a dollar, so $3 doesn’t break the bank. 
GL!